 I'll tell you, friend! a wise man and a fool. You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk, Or, cobbler-like, the parson will be drunk, Worth makes the man, and want of it, the fellow; The rest is all but leather or prunella.  A Dictionary of Spanish Proverbs - Seite 281823 - 391 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Sabine - 1810 - 308 Seiten
...a fool. You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk,. Or, cobler-like, the parson will be drunk, Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow;. The rest is all but leather or prunella. Stuck o'er with titles and hung round with strings, That thou may'st be by kings, or whores... | |
 | Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 Seiten
...a fool. You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk, Or, cobler-like, the parson will be drunk, Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow. The rest is all but leather or prunella. Stuck o'er with titles, and hung round with strings, That thou may'st be by kings, or whores... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 Seiten
...fool. 200 You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk, Or, cobler-like, the parson will be drunk, Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow ; The rest is all but leather or prunella. 204 Stuck o'er with titles, and hung round with strings, That thou may'st be by kings, or... | |
 | 1812 - 168 Seiten
...find if once trie monarch acts the ntfonlc, '-'"^ " Or, «'ohl*'i--like, the parson will be drunk, " Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow; " The rest is «il but leather or prunello." ''' * ' IS* MAILS, COACHES, &c. ', -. .ACCOUNT' ----- ! br.tiB:'H';:i^... | |
 | George Colman - 1813 - 78 Seiten
...the externals of Clergymen. He says, with seeming contempt for their dress, ' Worth makes the Mtn, and want of it the Fellow,' ' The rest is all but Leather or Prunella.' Who, meek though mitre'd, steadfast though they rise, Add dignity to Lawn that dignifies;... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 Seiten
...fool. 206 Yon'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk, Or, cobler-like, the parson will be drunk, Worth makes the man, and want of it, the fellow ; The rest is all but leather or prunello. That thou may'st be by kings, or whores of kings., Boast the pure blood of an illustrious race, In... | |
 | William Cowper - 1817 - 324 Seiten
...from the lawn sleeves and square cap of his diocesan will never endanger his humility. Pope says truly Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow ; The rest is all but leather or prnncllo. Again — " Rich and splendid situations in the church have been justly regarded as prizes,... | |
 | 1817 - 590 Seiten
...of common occurrence, into the. vulgar herd ; that, in short, under this enlightened government, ' Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow, The rest is all but leather or prunella.' We are cautioned, however, at the same time, not to regard the literary qualifications,... | |
 | George Colman - 1818 - 242 Seiten
...no respect whatever to the externals of Clergymen. He says, with seeming contempt for their dress, ' Worth makes the Man, and want of it the Fellow,' ' The rest is all but Leather or Prunello.' Who, meek though mitre'd, stedfast though they rise, Add dignity to Lawn that dignifies ; Or who, Want's... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1849 - 638 Seiten
...fool. 200 You'll find, if once the monareh aets the moak, Or, cohhler-like, the parson will he druok, Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow; The rest is all hut leather or prunella. Stuck o'er with titles and hong round with strings, That thou may'st he hy... | |
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